You snuck around the garden, just a shadow moving amongst the rest. The midnight moon lit the path you took toward the shed, where you know you will find food. You have been eating there for a few weeks as the gardener seems to always forget his lunch there.
You smiled as you opened the door, spotting your usual meal through the small cloud of dust. However, as you were about to stuff the food down your face to appease your growling stomach, you heard a sharp high-pitched inhale behind you. Damn! Caught! You whip around, wide eyes taking in the image of a red-haired maid with thick glasses.
"W-why are you here?" she asks, shaking slightly.
"I... I just..." You try to gather the proper words to explain that you have no where else to go. Seeing that you are flustered, she ushers you quickly into the shed.
"I won't make you leave as long as Sebastian doesn't see you. Just tell me your name, dear."
"(Y/N)..." you say, wondering who Sebastian is.
"Alright, (Y/N), you can call me Mey-Rin. I believe there is a shed on the far side of the garden that Fin- I mean, our gardener rarely uses. You can take that food and I will bring you there, alright?" You nod, glad that you will not have to spend another night sleeping in a bush. Mey-Rin leads you sneakily to the other side of the garden to the other shed. Looking at it, you smile wide. The roof is in good shape, and upon entering you see soft blankets.
"I believe he left these here after a particularly rainy summer. Sometimes he would spend the night in here if he got caught in a thunderstorm." Mey-Rin explains as she starts to arrange them in a comfortable spot in the corner of the shed. "I will bring you food scraps from our dinners and things. Just promise me you won't cause trouble!"
"I promise!" you say quickly, knowing you never meant to cause trouble in the first place. Mey-Rin smiled and left, shutting the door behind her.
Mey-Rin had been treating you quite well for the past few weeks. You now had clean water to drink and a proper amount of food. On clear skied nights, Mey-Rin would allow you to roam portions of the garden to stretch your legs. Life was good for you here in the gardens of what you had heard Mey-Rin call the Phantomhive estate.
Little did you know that things were about to change again.
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